All sorts of different lights exist to mount outside of your home. There are many intriguing lighting schemes that are great designs for outside of your home around your driveway. Let’s take a look at some of the options for driveway lighting.

The most common method is to install post lighting (or pole lights) right on the edge of the driveway, but not into the yard area. How will you power your driveway lights? Select from many options like solar-powered, regular AC and also lower-voltage lights for more energy efficiency. If you want to save money from your power bills, definitely go with the solar design. It won’t really limit your options on which designs you can choose.

Solar lighting is the most cost-effective and power saving, because the sun powers them up all day, and at night the power is used to light your driveway area. Additionally, you can go with the lower-voltage light option, in case you live in an area where there isn’t much sunlight, making it difficult to generate electricity to store for nighttime use. Low-voltage lights are easy to setup for the homeowner because they come packaged with everything you need for ease of installation. They even come with the proper transformer.

Lights on the edge of a large driveway

Plus with low-voltage lights you don’t have be concerned about getting shocked when repairing or working on the lights for any reason. Typically you can either install the lights just outside the edge of the driveway, or also directly into the asphalt, concrete or gravel in your driveway. If installing your lights directly into the driveway itself, you will have to cut out small sections on the edges, so make sure you have the right equipment or help with this. Usually lighting is placed just outside the edges of one’s driveway, but you can place them anywhere that you’d like.

Driveway lights aren’t designed for making an area well light, they are used to great a gentle lighting effect that also makes it light enough to see for driving up to your house or garage. If you want bright outdoor lighting, you should consider outdoor flood lights.
When it come to designs, there are many kinks of lights to pick from.

Most driveway lighting isn’t that expensive, and you shouldn’t need help from an installer, unless you want recessed designs. So it’s easy to install them on your own.